Muslim Brotherhood Cleric Calls for Fatwa on Gadhafi

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February 22, 201

A cleric called for a fatwa Tuesday against embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, saying fighting his citizens “is not heroism.”

Sheik Yusuf Qaradawi, head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, issued a fatwa on live television, urging the Libyan army to kill Gadhafi, the Los Angeles Times reported.

“It is not heroism to fight your people and to hit them with missiles,” Qaradawi said on al-Jazeera.

Muslim Brotherhood to form party; Egypt's generals reach out to protest leaders

 

By Craig Whitlock and Samuel Sockol

Washington Post Foreign Service

CAIRO - The once-banned Muslim Brotherhood said Tuesday that it would form a political party and assist in rewriting Egypt's constitution, positioning itself to play a key role in the country's political future.

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